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Comment by 147680

"Glubtok ready? Lets do it! ARCANE POWER!"
That freaked me out lol.

Comment by 583527

Glubtok is first boss of the Deadmines in Cataclysm. He periodically uses buffs called Fists of Frost and Fists of Flame. They will do some additional magic damage on tank. His second phase is simple on normal, and a little bit trickier on heroic. He will shoot frost bombs on the ground (landing spot is marked with blue rune.) and in heroic they spawn adds. He will also summon firewall in heroic, which moves clockwise. It will do very massive damage if you ever touch it.. Firewall dissipates after Glubtok dies.

P.S Be sure to inform if my data is outdated.

Comment by Choiceface

TOO MUCH POWER!

Comment by SolidXerm

I'm quiet disappointed that he doesn't have a spell.

Comment by Xarlequin

Tactics for the heroic version of the fight:
Our setup:
Protection paladin (me)
Holy paladin
Hunter
Fury warrior
Shadow priest

This is a very easy heroic fight compared to many others. He will reset agro every 5-10 seconds and go hit a random person, along with blinking and casting various AOEs.

On 40% he will spawn a firewall, much like the lazerbeam on Halion in Ruby Sanctum, and it even works the exact same way. Getting hit doesnt kill you, but hurts you alot. Not getting hit at all grants you an achievement. Just keep dpsing him as you run clockwise around him, he will be hovering in the air and is not aggroable. During phase 2 he will also spawns alot of small adds. Just aoe them down as you rotate.

Good luck!
Xeela/Xarleen - Aggramar EU

Comment by 38585

I'm a protection warrior, and the random group I went with f***ed up the fight pretty early in phase 2 where he spawns his adds and you have to rotate with his firewall. I did about 30% of his remaing health solo, because the adds will die on a single Thunder Clap + Cleave so Victory Rush is almost always up and he himself does almost no damage to you. So just stay calm, do your job, dps the boss down and become your group's hero, because you soloed a Cataclysm heroic boss.

Pferdfour - Gorgonnash EU

Comment by cubelord

Very simple fight, just be sure to watch out for the aggro drop in phase 1.
It can be a little difficult to keep the adds in phase 2 under control while you're rotating around the boss.
To expedite this, when he starts to cast the fire wall have everyone stack on the tank so he can easily pick them up with a thunderclap/consecrate/deathanddecay/what have you.
Makes the whole thing much cleaner.

Comment by Ettick

Doesn't drop any caster loot... I wonder why

Comment by 290347

It's interesting to note that as a protection warrior with points in Blood and Thunder, you can solo the second phase by spreading Rend to all the adds, and spamming Victory Rush for enormous healing since it will constantly be up. My group wiped and I was able to down the boss this way on heroic.

I also had Glyph of Victory Rush and Field Dressing going, but they probably weren't necessary.

Comment by Kibaikasu

POWEEEEEER! UNLIMITED... POWEEEEEEEEER!

Comment by 798716

It's just not the same with glubtok.... i miss rank'zhor :<

Comment by 259138

If you die to the fire wall. Never raid. This mainly for you DPS and healers...

It is the easiest thing to dodge, easier then Sartharian's flame wall, or Kel'Thuzad's kill circles (For ranged)

Comment by 865907

Best way to do the second phase as a melee DPS: stand exactly perpendicular to the fire and keep circle-strafing like you're playing Quake. Should mean you can do your rotation completely uninterrupted.

Comment by Laglace

Glubtok has replaced Rhahk'Zor since cataclysm.
In order to get Rhahk'Zor's hammer (which has now been renamed to Foe Reaper) you need to kill Foe Reaper 5000.

Comment by Rynna

I soloed him today on heroic as a 383 blood dk, (1st attempt) and it was somewhat difficult. I used the Well Fed(90 parry and 90 stam) and flask of steelskin(450 stam) buffs, along with my blood dk buffs.

Phase 1:

-pull him from one side of the room to the other, timing it so he casts Fists of Flame/Frost while he is completely at one end, and run to the opposite side while he is casting(this reduces the time he will have to damage you with his fists of flame/frost buff)

-if you find yourself with rather low health, use vampiric blood, and/or another defensive CD if necessary

With the first bullet of Phase 1, make sure you are running from him at a good distance, large enough so he cannot get free auto attacks,(free because you can't dodge or parry from behind, and he hit me for a 35k crit when I made this mistake

Phase 2:

This phase isn't too difficult, if you know what you are doing. I didn't for the first minute of it.

-you need to avoid the fire wall or else you will get hit for about 40k per second (but that is not the hard part)

-the hard part is the small elemental adds, they only have about 5000 hp per add, but when they are stacked in a group of 20+ they do a great sum of damage, and blood shield is pretty much useless.

With the second bullet of Phase 2, as a blood dk, death and decay did wonders.

Comment by glassleo

If you just want the awesome sounds, here they are! Copy and paste into your chat box in game to play.

"Glubtok show you the power of the Arcane"
/script PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\GlubtokHead1\\VO_DM_GlubtokHead1_Aggro01.ogg")

"Glubtok ready?"
/script PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\GlubtokHead1\\VO_DM_GlubtokHead1_Spell02.ogg")

"Let's do it!"
/script PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\GlubtokHead2\\VO_DM_GlubtokHead2_Spell02.ogg")

"Fists of Flame!"
/script PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\GlubtokHead1\\VO_DM_GlubtokHead1_Spell01.ogg")

"Fists of Frost!"
/script PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\GlubtokHead2\\VO_DM_GlubtokHead2_Spell01.ogg")

"ARCANE POWER"
/script PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\GlubtokBoth\\VO_DM_GlubtokBoth_Spell03.ogg")

"TOO... MUCH... POWER"
/script PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\GlubtokBoth\\VO_DM_GlubtokBoth_Death01.ogg")

Comment by noobisafroob

Just duo'd him on normal difficulty,
lvl 10 rogue
lvl 17 ench shaman

easy fight, with my 74% dodge, i dodge alot of his attacks, thus making the healing an easy part

however you gotta know when to heal, since everytime he cast fist of frost/fire, the aggro for all of you is set back to 100%, so if the healer heals just a second after he casts his fist of frost/fire, he/she has aggro, and will get 3 shotted
for the rest, just nuke him till death, and when he does arcane power, all you have to do is move from stuff on the ground, and u will get no damage at all, AKA pretty easy to kill from there on

hope you gonna duo it too ^^

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Glubtok <The Foreman>

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As you pull Glubtok, he will alternate using Fists of Flame and Fists of Frost. Simply avoid standing near your tank, and be ready to adjust positions when the boss blinks and drops all threat, which he will do several times.

When you get Glubtok down to 50%, he will walk to a spot close to where he was standing before you pulled him, and enter the next phase.

Phase 2

Glubtok will begin this phase by casting Arcane Power. For a few seconds he will shoot twisting beams of fire and frost energies to his sides, so you need to position yourselves either in front of him, or behind him. Glubtok himself will remain stationary and not attacking, so you will only need to worry about avoiding his spells.

A few seconds into this phase, Glubtok will summon a rotating Fire Wall, centered around himself. About 2-3 seconds before the actual wall appears, you will see a marker on the ground, which will indicate where the wall will first spawn - it looks like a line of transparent fiery spheres. Keep an eye for those and avoid them like they are the fire wall itself.

Throughout this phase, Glubtok will use s and , both of which can be avoided by moving out of their texture on the ground. Fire and frost adds will also spawn, but your tank should be able to pick them all up and kill them using their AoE move.

When he is close to death, Glubtok will re-cast those twisting beams of fire and frost he started the phase with, but the fire wall will not disappear. You should kill him quickly then, before the few safe zones in the area disappear.

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Heroic		Mythic
Deadly		Important
Tank		DPS
Healer		Interruptible
Magic		Curse
Poison		Disease
Enrage

Stage One: Fists of Flame and Frost

Fists of Flame – Glubtok shrouds his fists in flame, causing each of his melee attacks that land to deal 925 to 1075 Fire damage.
Additionally, when Glubtok lands a melee attack he will sometimes deal 18500 to 21500 Fire damage and knock up nearby enemies within 5 yards.
Fists of Frost – Glubtok coats his fists with frost, causing each of his melee attacks that land to deal 925 to 1075 Frost damage.
Additionally, when Glubtok lands a melee attack he will sometimes deal 18500 to 21500 Frost damage, reduce the movement speed by 40%, reduce the frequency of melee and ranged attacks by 25%, and increase the casting time by 25% of nearby enemies within 5 yards for 4 sec.
Blink – After either Fists of Flame or Fists of Frost wears off, Glubtok will randomly teleport to a location nearby a random player.
In Heroic Difficulty, when Glubtok casts the Blink spell, he resets the threat of all enemies to zero.

Stage Two: Arcane Power!

At 50% health, Glubtok blinks to the center of the room and levitates in place. Glubtok then begins to cast Fire Blossom and Frost Blossom spells randomly throughout the room.

Fire Blossom – Glubtok launches a Fire Blossom at a random location in the room that lands two seconds later. When the Fire Blossom lands, it knocks up and inflicts 9250 to 10750 Fire damage to nearby enemies within 5 yards.
In Heroic Difficulty, wherever the spell lands, a Fire Blossom creature rises from the flames and begins to attack.
Frost Blossom – Glubtok launches a Frost Blossom at a random location in the room that lands two seconds later. When the Frost Blossom lands, it deals 9250 to 10750 Frost damage, reduces the movement speed by 40%, reduces the frequency of melee and ranged attacks by 25%, and increases the casting time by 25% of nearby enemies within 5 yards for 4 sec.
In Heroic Difficulty, wherever the spell lands a Frost Blossom creature forms from the ice and begins to attack.

Glubtok <The Foreman>

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